Infant&#39;s bath-wagon



E. C. AND M. E. LA RUE.

INFANTS BATH WAGON.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. II, 1918.

1,327,242, Patented Jan. 6,1920.

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MABEL ELTON LA RUE AND EUGENE C. XLA RUE, 0F SOUTH PASADENA, CALIFORNIA.

' INFANTS Earn-WAGON.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 6, 1920.

Application led February 11, 1918.` Serial No. 216,512.

vide a portable device in the form of a cabinet or the like to conveniently carry those things which are needed in the care of an infant and to reduce to a minimum the labor connected with that care.

In the ordinary work of caring for an infant, the necessary articles of apparel, toilet articles, etc., are usually kept or stored in different places necessitating a trip to each of these different places of storage many times during a day. It is .of prime importance that an infant should have at all times the most careful and assiduous attention; and it is an object of this invention to provide a simple and effective means whereby the desired care may be given with a minimum expenditure of time and energy.

In order to accomplish these objects we provide a portable cabinet wagon having a plurality of compartments adapted in size and shape to holding and keeping in order the various needful articles. In fact, this cabinet wagon is made so that it will hold and carry in a single, compact structure all of thearticles desired by a mother or nurse in the care of her child.

The device also has a boxed top upon which the infant is placed in convenient position for a person sitting (or standin Although we do not usually use the top or any purpose other than to place the infant thereon, it may be designed to be used as a support for the bath tub. However, the tub is usually placed on a support alongside the wagon.

In the accompanying drawing Figure 1 is a side elevation; Fig. 2 is a back end elevation; and Fig. 3 is a section taken as indicated by line 3 3 on Fig; 2.

In the drawings the numeral 10 indicates the front legs and 11 the back legs of my device. Mounted on the upper end of said legs is a rectangular box-shaped top structure consisting of a bottom 12, sides13, and

16, sides 17, and ends 18.

' ends 14. Below this rectangular box and between the legs 10 and 11 are drawers 15 and 15a, each drawer comprising a bottom These drawers are held in a frame, comprising a bottom 19, ends 20, and partitions 21, which frame 1s secured to and mounted on the legs 10 and 11, and is secured to and acts as a frame support for top structure. At the -front end below the drawers 15 is a cupboard 22, said cupboard comprising a bottom 23, sides 24, back 25, and a door 26. The left hand side 24 of the cupboard is, in this design, formed as a continuation of the right hand partition 21. There are knobs 30 on the drawers and cupboard door by which said drawers and cupboard door may be opened. At the lower end of legs 10 is mounted an axle 27 carrying wheels 28. On the back end 14 of the top structure is mounted a towel rack 29. This rack may very conveniently be used. as a handle by which to lift the back end of the wagon when moving it around.

It will be readily understood how the de- Vice is used. The various drawers and com partments are made of suitable size for holding the variousv toilet articles and articles 0f apparel used for infants; and the different compartments aiord means of keeping the diEerent classes of articles separate and in proper order so that any *i desiredarticle may be easily found. For instance (although this does not completely represent the capacity or utilities of the various compartments) the small middle drawer may accommodate small articles a water and oil proof sheathing or surfacing; as may also the other drawers, and the clipboard, if desired. For instance, the drawer 15a may be interiorly coated with a paraffin surfacing which is liquid and oil proof; and then- `all oily or greasy articles may be kept in that drawer.

The arrangement of the large cupboard or door compartment. 22 at the end over the wheels places a major portion of the weight on the. wheels and makes the device easily handled; and this placement of the cupboard also makes legV room or space for the mother or nurse under the drawers 15 alongside the compartment 22.

The height of the device is sueh that a person sitting may conveniently handle an infant on the top 12. This top 12 may have a plate glass` or other surfacing if desired; and may further be provided with a soft warm pad 12". SittingY in position at the deviee the worker has within immediate reaeh all of tlvl articles in the various drawers and in the Cabinet Q2 and also the towels or other .eloths which may be placed upon the towel rack Q9. Thus a person may Conveniently and efficiently care for an infant` with the minimum labor and trouble. f

Our device may be furnished in any style, color, etc.l` but we nd that White enamel is very pleasing and sanitary. While we have illustrated it as constructed of wood, ity of course may be made of meta-l; and in sueh a case the metal may be finished with a baked enamel.

lVhile we have described our invention in some particularity, it will be understood that we do not limit ourselves to the specific details herein set forth, because our invention may be embodied in devices which may specifically and in detail differ from the one above described; and we, therefore reserve to ourselves any changes or modifications which may suggest themselves to those skilled in the art or may fall within the scope of the following' claim:

Having' described our invention, we claim:

An infant`sA bath wagon comprisingr a boxlike structure opened at its upper side and haring' its bottom side covered with a waterproof liningv of glass, a pair of short wheeled legs supper-tumthe box like structure at one end and a pair of longer legs supportingthe structure at its opposite end, a lifting' and guiding' handle secured transversely across the latter end of the structure and functioningjas a towel rack, and a plurality of compartments carried beneath the structurer` the larger compartment space being located at the` forward end ofthe wagon and supported by the wheeled legs, whereby the hulk of the weight will be carried by the latter and whereby unobstructed les' and foot room will be provided beneath the back end of the wagon. y

In witness that we claim the foregoing we have hereunto subscribed our names this 26th day of January, 1918.

MABEL ELTN LA RUE. E. C. LA RUE. -VVtness:

E. H. BARKELEW. 

